The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
WILLIAM COWPERAfter long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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